Low mango supply could push pricing up
The supply of mangoes in Canada is still low. “It’s about 40-50 percent of the usual crop,” says Giorgio Ceciarelli of GC Imports.
Right now mangoes are coming from Mexico, which is finishing what he calls the ‘second stage’ of the season. That is production in the south of Sinaloa, Nayarit, Colima, Jalisco, and Michoacán. (Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero are where the ‘first stage’ of production takes place.) “The south of Sinaloa, Colima, and Jalisco have had rains and the tail ends of hurricanes which have damaged the fruit a bit,” says Ceciarelli. Meanwhile last week, production began in Mexico’s “free zone” which is in the north of Sinaloa, which means the U.S. can import those mangoes without treatment and is the final stage of the Mexican season.
Demand is down for mangos as well. “The pull and flow of mangoes is lower than other years,” says Ceciarelli.
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